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Humanities

Humanities program for community college students expands

Published Jan 23, 2020

JHU Humanities Collaboratory will double its class size and be open to students from any community college in Maryland

Classics

Libraries acquire rare copy of seminal 19th-century essay

Published Dec 5, 2019

'A Problem in Greek Ethics' by poet John Addington Symonds helped set the stage for the modern gay-rights movement

Humanities

Hopkins announces inaugural Humanities Research Symposium

Published Oct 25, 2019

The symposium, to be held in April and named in honor of humanities scholar Richard Macksey, will welcome up to 400 undergrads from around the country to JHU for an exploration of humanities research

From the archives

'When Hopkins alums think of the humanities, they think of Richard Macksey'

Published July 23, 2019

The longtime Hopkins professor known for his varied interests and extensive library has died at 87

In memoriam

'A one-of-a-kind intellectual giant'

Published July 23, 2019

A legendary figure in the humanities, he was affiliated with Johns Hopkins for six and a half decades

Arts and Sciences

New funding for interdisciplinary humanities research

Published May 9, 2019

Office of Undergraduate Research, Scholarly and Creative Activity supports undergrads interested in or currently pursuing research in the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences

Composite image of Marcel Detienne, Michel Jeanneret, and Jean Starobinski

In memoriam

Three humanities pioneers with ties to Hopkins remembered

Published April 23, 2019

Michel Jeanneret, Jean Starobinski, and Marcel Detienne each left a deep imprint on his field through his teaching and scholarship

Strengthening the core

Published Winter 2018

Besides its staggering success in raising more than $6 billion for Johns Hopkins, the Rising to the Challenge campaign generated unprecedented support for traditional core disciplines / Johns Hopkins Magazine